Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon


Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (January 16, 1675 – March 2, 1755), French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs, was born at Versailles. The peerage granted to his father, Claude de Saint-Simon(1608-1693), previously titled the Vidame of Chartres, is the central fact in his history.